[2] Ikezoe enrolled in the Horse Racing School [ja] after wanting to be like Yutaka Take.

[3] He made his jockey debut on the 2nd race held at Hanshin on March 1, 1998; where he rode Natural Color and came in 6th out of 12 horses.

[8] Ikezoe rode his first race abroad on July 13, 2001, at the Deauville-La Touques Racecourse with Hathaari.

Originally, Take was supposed to ride the horse, but because he had injured himself in the race prior, Ikezoe was chosen as a last minute replacement.

[10] Ikezoe won his first Grade 1 race on April 7, 2002, when he rode Arrow Carry [ja] at that year's Oka Sho.

However, he was issued a 2-day suspension as the horse had suddenly veered towards the inside on the final stretch, which was deemed a dangerous riding by the judges.

This was the first time Ikezoe rode the horse since the Satsuki Sho from a year before, but they were able to pace well in a good position and finished first.

[40] On June 24 of that same year, Orfevre and Ikezoe won their 5th Grade 1 race after winning the Takarazuka Kinen.

[42] However, he came back to Japan earlier than planned after it was announced that Christophe Soumillon would ride Orfevre, just like he did in the year before.

[48] On March 7, 2015, Ikezoe became the 29th jockey to enter in a total of 10,000 races with him riding Culminar for that day's Tulip Sho.

[52] On August 6, Ikezoe entered the Shergar Cup held at Ascot as a member of the Rest of the World Team.

[57] On December 23 of that year, he entered the Arima Kinen with Blast Onepiece, and after placing himself in the outer area of the pack, he took the lead on the final stretch and won the race by a neck, becoming the jockey with the most Arima wins, and also the first time he won a Grade 1 race with a horse based in Miho Training Center.

[2][58] On November 17, 2019, Ikezoe substituted Yuichi Fukunaga, who was given a suspension, as jockey for Indy Champ for the Mile Championship.

At around the 3rd corner a chunk of turf was kicked up by another horse in front of him and hit near his right eye, nearly causing a concussion.